diff --git a/share/lua/intf/modules/httprequests.lua b/share/lua/intf/modules/httprequests.lua
index a22e833c9b057038916fa9b4b136f8fdcf2402c1..b771175edc968dd684f55f1a59825cb24ac4f942 100644
--- a/share/lua/intf/modules/httprequests.lua
+++ b/share/lua/intf/modules/httprequests.lua
@@ -346,6 +346,11 @@ getbrowsetable = function ()
 		dir = _GET["dir"]
 	end
 
+	--backwards compatibility with old format driveLetter:\\..
+	--this is forgiving with the slash type and number
+	local position=string.find(dir, '%a:[\\/]*%.%.',0)
+	if position==1 then dir="" end
+
 	local result={}
 	--paths are returned as an array of elements
 	result.element={}